CG13. Adulteration ami mis.l)i'andias of water. IT. S. * * * v. Harris?
SjJi-ins'S Water Co., a corporation. Tried to the court ami a jury.?
Verdict of guilty.     Fine, $25.     (F. & D. No. 8594.     I. S. No. 2405-m.)
On January 30, 1918, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
South Carolina, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, tiled in?
the District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
the Harris Springs Water Co., a corporation, Harris Springs, S. C, alleging?
shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended,?
on or about January 17, 1917, from the State of South Carolina into the State?
of Georgia, of a quantity of an article labeled in part, " Harris Spring Water,"?
which was adulterated and misbranded.
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that B. cell were present in small quantities of the water,?
and that the total numbers of organisms growing on agar at 37? C. exceeded 100?
per cubic centimeter.    Molds and liquefying organisms were present also.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal and vegetable?
substance.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that it was food in?
package form, and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicu??
ously marked on the outside of the package in terms of weight, measure, or?
numerical count.
On October 5, 1918, the case having come on for trial, after the submission?
of evidence and arguments by counsel, the jury retired, and after due delibera??
tion returned into the court with a verdict of guilty, and thereupon a fine of?
$25 was imposed.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
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